Long days and short deadlines make a killer one-two punch when you’re also trying to update your blog. But in spite of all the busy stuff, I can always make time for a quick text or call from someone who prefaces the communication with “guess what I found on sale for you…” No, I wasn’t really looking for black patent, …
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The Gatekeeper
Last night I was reading an old (2010) article in Vogue about how the retail industry would have to adapt not just to an online presence but more specifically to reaching customers via their smart phones. That tiny mobile device is now the ultimate gatekeeper to a buyer’s wallet. How timely that I read this–albeit 9 months later–because earlier this …
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Gucci Espadrille
While some of you were busy cheering or booing LeBron James in Game Six last night, I was partly doing that and partly looking over more shoes that have arrived from sales. The only pair of 3 that came since my last post and that actually fits is the patent nude Gucci espadrille you see above. What do you think, …
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Trophy Shoes
Today’s photos are for an overseas reader who wanted to see how the William Rast for Target jackets fit before she ordered them online. So here some photos of how the XS fits me: I’m more comfortable with it unzipped: And here’s the ruched twill one–this one doesn’t feel as tight when zipped, and I think it looks better zipped …
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FIMTSO: The Black Tshirt
Many people fall off the new year’s resolutions wagon by this second week in January, so along that spirit, in today’s FIMTSO episode, I’m cheating a little bit by featuring an item that’s new to my closet. Today’s test item is the something-something I alluded to at the end of the last blog’s entry. But I know that if you …